Commuters and customers of Deutsche Bahn also have to prepare for numerous delays and train cancellations on Tuesday.
The GDL union continued its strike at Deutsche Bahn.
Similar to the first day of the strike, Deutsche Bahn expects to be able to maintain the range of long-distance services with around 30 percent, in regional traffic an average of around 40 percent.
"We will continue to offer our stable basic offer on the second day," said a railway spokeswoman on Tuesday morning.
As on Monday, travelers have to be prepared for numerous train cancellations and delays.
However, there are still strong regional differences in the effects of the strike: Deutsche Bahn assumes that only 10 to 15 percent of trains can run in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, but significantly more elsewhere.
The risk of infection increases
For the epidemiologist Hajo Zeeb, the strike does not come at a good time: Full trains increase the risk of corona infection, said the scientist from the Bremen Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology of the German Press Agency.
People who have to travel by train despite the strikes are now dependent on less space on the trains.
"This leads to increased contact and, indeed, increased risk of infection, especially under the aspect of the delta variant."
The epidemiologist recommends travelers to forego train journeys if possible or to switch to less frequented times and to spread themselves out on the trains.
On request, the railway announced that many travelers had made use of the goodwill rules and preferred their trips to the weekend.
The strike should end on Wednesday
The group once again asked all passengers to be as considerate as possible.
A railway spokesman said that the on-board staff supported the travelers in distributing themselves on the trains.
In addition, long-distance trains would continue to be cleaned twice as often as they were before the pandemic.
The strike also continues in freight transport.
At 2 a.m. on Wednesday night, the labor dispute should end.
Deutsche Bahn assumes that traffic will normalize again in the course of this day.
For journeys that are still affected by the consequences of the strike on Wednesday, the same goodwill regulations should apply as during the strike: They can continue to be used up to and including September 4th, any train ties are lifted.
The union of German locomotive drivers (GDL) wants to use the strike to force higher incomes and better working conditions for employees. It is their second strike in this collective bargaining round. Unlike the first strike the week before last, this time passengers had more time to prepare.